U.S. Prepares for War -”Cash and Carry “ policy begins to allow warring nations to buy US arms, as long as they paid cash & transported them in their own ships -Axis Powers formed J/G/I -Selective Service begins draft process (in case of a 2 front war) -Roosevelt seeks third term & wins -Lend-Lease policy begun to help supply allies-Arsenal of Democracy GB had NO money -Atlantic Charter signed between U.S. and Britain
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U.S. Prepares for War-”Cash and Carry “ policy begins
to allow warring nations to buy US arms, as long as they paid cash & transported them in their own ships
-Axis Powers formed J/G/I
-Selective Service begins draft process (in case of a 2 front war)
-Roosevelt seeks third term & wins
-Lend-Lease policy begun to help supply allies-Arsenal of Democracy GB had NO money
-Atlantic Charter signed between U.S. and Britain becomes basis for United Nations
resembles 14 points of Wilson
Hitler’s Mistake
-Battle of Britain has stalled
-June 1941 Germany attacks Russia
-early success but then stalemate
-Russian winter sets in and halts advance
-Now war is on two fronts
U.S. enters the War
-U.S. has embargo on Japan for actions of Aggression in the Pacific (J hoped to unit all of East Asia) Japan could not live w/o our Oil.*Defeating J w/o firing a shot
-U.S. had warning of a possible Japanese attack somewhere
- Early Dec. 7th, 1941 Pearl Harbor Hawaii is attacked
“day that will live in infamy”
-U.S. declares war on Japan and then Germany, Italy declare war on U.S.
*For 1 ½ hrs, J was barely disturbed by US Guns*Killed 2,400 Americans*wounded 1,178*Sunk/Damaged 21 HUGE Battleships*Destroyed 300 Aircrafts*More Damaged combined than all WWI
Americans in the Service
-millions volunteered and millions more were drafted: Selective Service System Expanded
-GI’s went to basic training for 8 weeks
-Women’s Auxiliary Corps
thousands volunteered- served in Nonbattle/Non Combat positions
-Minorities served in segregated units- not allowed combative roles until last year of the war
Tuskegee Airmen 1st all AA Air force, Africa
Life on the Home Front= Production Miracle
-War Production Board
industries were retooled to make war materials ex: automobile plants retooled to produce tanks/planes